Aromas group seeks moratorium on oil drilling, tighter controls

1:36 AM,
Sep. 14, 2012

Written by

Donna Jones
Santa Cruz Sentinel

An Aromas group wants San Benito County to tighten controls on oil and gas drilling and is seeking a six-month moratorium on new wells in the meantime.

The request by Aromas Cares for our Environment has the support of Granite Rock Co., which touched off concern about possible drilling in the rural community bordering Santa Cruz County after it commissioned a seismic study that can detect oil and gas.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a discussion on the issue for Sept. 25. ...